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 The will rules by the affections of good, and the understanding by the affections of truth. These kingdoms also correspond to the kingdoms of the heart and lungs in the body.

The case is similar in heaven. The celestial kingdom is the will-principle of heaven, and the good of love there rules. The spiritual kingdom is the intellectual principle of heaven, and there truth rules. These are what correspond to the functions of the heart and lungs in man. It is from this correspondence that the heart in the Word signifies the will and also the good of love; and the breath of the lungs, the understanding and the truth of faith. Hence also the affections are ascribed to the heart, although they are not there nor derived from it.

The correspondence of the two kingdoms of heaven with the heart and lungs, is the general correspondence of heaven with man. But there is one less general with each member, organ and viscus, which shall now be explained.

In the which is heaven, they who are in the head excel all others in every good; for they are in love, peace, innocence, wisdom, intelligence, and thence in joy and happiness. These flow into the head of man and the things thereto belonging, and correspond to them. They who are in the breast in the